Washboiler.



UNITED STATES PATENT Darlene ELIJAH C. RINNER, OF GOSHOCTON, OHIO.

WASHBOILER;

" srnemonrrou forming partof Letters Patent No. 648,437, dated May 1, 1900.

Application filed April 8,1899. Serial no. 712,355. No model) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EI;IJAH C. RINNER, a" citizen of the United States, residing at C0 shocton, in the county of Ooshocton and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in'Washboilers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which'it app'ertains to make and use the'same.

This invention relates to washboilers of the type depending for their; operation upon the circulation of suds water, the latter being heated tothe boiling-point and automatically discharged upon the clothing or articles contained in the boiler by means of conveyortubes extending vertically within the boiler.

and receiving the heated water at their lower ends and discharging it at their upper ends,

whereby a circulation of water and steamis setup and maintained so long. as the boiler is resting upon a heated stove or located over a flame or other form of heater. v The primal object of the invention is todevise a construction which will enable a ready conversion of a common washboiler into a device of the character set forth :at a minimum "expense; ,also,.to utilize a maximum amount of caloric in eflzeetively heating the suds-water and maintaining it at the required temperature to keep up circulation.

-As.the invention is unfolded further objects and advantages will suggest themselves, and to this end reference is to be had to the following description and the accompanying drawings, in whichi Figure 1 is a perspective view of a washboiler constructedin accordance with and embodying the principles of this invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical central longitudinal sec-.

tion.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in the views of the drawings by. the same reference characters."

The washboiler lis of ordinary construc-;

H "heater.

'the boiler.

This generator is coextensive in length and breadth with the bottom of the boiler and disposed parallel therewith and a short distance therebelow, leaving a dead-air space 3 of about one to two inches in depth.

A narrow strip 6 closes the dead-air space 3 at its sides and is attached at its upper edge to the lower p'ortionof the sides of the'boiler 1 and at its lower edge'to the sides 4 of the generator. The strip'6 is soldered or otherwise substantially attached at its edges to the parts 1 and 2.

Vertical tubes 9 connect the terminal portions of the generator with the upper portion of the boiler and terminate at their upper ends a short distance .below the top edge of These tubes 9 extend through the air-space 3 and communicate with the upper portion of the generator.' Sleeves 10 receive the upper ends of the tubes 9 and are secured thereto and to the end portions ,of the boiler. These sleeves are disposed and are of a size to admit of the suds-water having a free passage between them and the upper portions of the tubes 9; The tubes 9 are, free from the boiler, except at their end portions, which are attached thereto. The sleeves 10are attached at their rear sides to the upper ends of the tubes 9 and to the end. portions of-the boiler" and in conjunction with plates 11 direct the suds-water. back into the boiler and prevent its spur-ting over the top thereof. The plates 11 are attached to and close the upper ends of, the sleeves andjare soldered to the end portions of the boiler and-prevent the water foaming thereover. I

Areturn-tnbe 12 is centrallydisposedwith reference to theboiler andspans' the airspace and provides a passage for the return of the cool water to the generator in the ace tive operation of the machine, therebymaintaining the eirculationwhich is essential to the operativeness of the-device.- Aguard 13 is attached to the bottom of the boiler and extends over the upper end of the returntube and prevents the clothing and articles contained in 'the boiler from choking the tube 12. This guard spans the'np'per end of the tube 12, and its lower-edge is'potch'ed and provided with openings for the free passage of the water from the boiler to the return tube.

the invention, wnat disposed and closing'the sides of the sp "formed between the bottom of the boiler and the 'top of the generatorian'd attached at its upper edge'to the sides of the boiler above the plane of its bottom and at its lower edge to the; sides of the generator below the plane 2'0 of itstop; substantially as described;

'2. v- Th'e combination with a boiler havingja middle andendopenings in its bottom, and

a'generatorelosed at top, bottom and sides and having openings in its top platein coin- 5 cident relation withdthe openings in the bottom of the boiler and placedbeneath the lat- ,we zi latter so as to be out of the. way and pro tectedthereby, and a narrow strip vertically lateral and longitudinal extent'therewithpf return and delivery tubes extending across the space between the bottom ot theboiler and the top of the generator and joining the openings therein,- thedelivery-tubes projecting' vertically within .the boiler and-spaced" therefrom, sleeves placed over theupper-ends of "the delivery-tubes and attached thereto andto the boiler, plates closing the upper disposed and closing the sides of the space -formed between the bottom of the boiler and.

the top of the generator a'ndattached" at "its upper edge to the sides of-the boiler above .the plane of itsibottoin and at its lower edge to the sides of 'theigeneratorbelow the plane of its top, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two'witnes'ses. h

ELIJAH Q; RINNER Q MEL. 5.] \Vitnessesf H. 13., MCDONALD,

WILLIAMS. MEN-ELL.

7 endsof. the sleeves andattached thereto. and to the boiler, and a narrow: strip vertically 

